Senior Analytical Specialist

Senior Analytical Specialist

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in chemistry, engineering, or a scientific field required
• Master’s degree preferred
• 5-10 years’ experience with analytical instrumentation in the Specialty or Industrial Gas industries
• Experience with gas analysis using various detection techniques: spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, gas chromatography, electrochemical sensors, and paramagnetic sensors
• Experience with method development, gas sampling systems and process control systems is preferred
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Excellent organizational skills

Responsibilities

• Support analytical requests from operating facilities
• Drive analytical strategy through consensus building with associated stakeholders
• Define analytical technology selection, sample conditioning system design, installation, and maintenance for the analytical projects team
• Work with analytical instrumentation vendors on identifying appropriate analytical instrumentation for operating facilities and test innovative analytical technologies that have low total cost of ownership
• Work closely with the process engineering team to optimize plant processes
• Collaborate with the quality team to enable vetting of suppliers, external labs and analytical service providers
• Help with issues on product quality and define analytical solutions to meet specific customer needs
• Build and maintain significant relationships with key internal and external customers and work well in multi-functional teams across the Americas
• Demonstrate compliance with company policies and follow company work processes, particularly with regards to documenting work
• Up to 25% travel may be required throughout the Americas region

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with method development, gas sampling systems and process control systems is preferred